So the geographical odds were already against San Francisco native Harry Heilmann, and yet, through a series of fortuitous breaks that occurred when he was 18 years old (and working as a ...

The baseball season was almost over in late September, and the game was changing. There was a young phenom of a ballplayer — a prodigy who hit monumental home runs, but also had amassed ...

Harry Heilmann (4), Al Kaline, George Kell, Harvey Kuenn, Heinie Manush and Magglio Ordóñez. But who had the greatest seasons among all the Tigers? As noted, there are a lot of players to choose ...

Cobb would himself score to bring the Tigers within one on a Harry Heilmann single. After getting a pair of groundouts, which would advance Heilmann to third, Jones intentionally walked Johnny ...

Harry Heilmann, Todd Helton, Rogers Hornsby, Frank Howard, Roy Sievers, Frank Thomas and Carl Yastrzemski. And now—of course—Ohtani. That’s a list of the best hitters in baseball history ...

Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Napoleon Lajoie, Tris Speaker, Cy Young, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Eddie Collins, Lou Gehrig ...

In 1950 Detroit had a great radio play-by-play man in Harry Heilmann. He was a super-duper superstar for the Tigers for 16 years. The former outfielder retired in 1932 after spending two years ...

Matt Creed's portrait of the legendary abstract painter is serviceable supplementary material for her biggest fans, but does little to explain her brilliance to newcomers. In the opening frames of ...

Harry Heilmann had 2,499 hits with the Detroit Tigers. No Tiger has hit .400 since Helimann led the AL at .403 in 1923. The 28-year-old racked up 211 hits — 138 singles, 44 doubles, 11 triples ...